Water Act 1981
1981 CHAPTER 12
An Act to provide for increasing the borrowing powers of the British Waterways Board and to make further provision relating to water supply.
[15th April 1981]

1 Increased borrowing powers of British Waterways Board.
(1) For paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) of section 19 of the Transport Act 1962 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(iv) for the British Waterways Board £25 million or such greater sum not exceeding £35 million as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument specify.”

(2) After the said subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) An order made under paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument, and no such order shall be made unless a draft of the order has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons.”

(3) Section 3 of the Transport (Financial Provisions) Act 1977 is hereby repealed.
1977 c. 20.

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Ss. 2–4 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)

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S. 5 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), Sch. 7

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S. 6 repealed by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), s. 3, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 2, Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)

7 Short title and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Water Act 1981.
(2) Section 1 of this Act extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland but otherwise this Act extends to England and Wales only.

Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
The base date version of this Act is as revised to 1.12.1991 and takes into account the effects (if any) on it of consolidating legislation which came into force at that date
The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.